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Software engineers and... cement?!

Ever wondered what impact software engineers can have in decarbonising a massive industry like cement? It's well worth checking out the latest MCJ Collective podcast with Cody Simms interviewing Leopold Spenner of alcemy.

It's such a great example of the magic that can happen when two individuals with deep expertise in different domains meet. In this case, data scientist Robert Meyer with control theory and reinforcement learning expertise and Leopold Spenner an industrial engineer with deep knowledge of cement, meeting at Entrepreneur First in Berlin.

The discussion includes the satisfaction of seeing the real impact the software is having, challenges integrating with legacy software systems, building trust in the answers the software provides - and the fact they've already saved their customers 80,000 tonnes of CO2 in the space of 3 years.

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